Will Amazon Bring Kindle to the IPhone? - PC World

Fri, Feb 6th, 2009

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Somewhat obscured in the hubbub about Google announcing Thursday a mobile version of its public-domain book library was a separate announcement that may be much bigger: an Amazon spokesman told the New York Times that the company is working on a way to make books formatted for its Kindle e-book reader available "on a range on mobile phones."

Perhaps Amazon will let slip more details about this concept at the company's media event Monday in New York, in which it's expected to announced the second-generation of its Kindle hardware. It's certainly an exciting prospect for those of us who have imagined Kindle books appearing on the iPhone. Although the Kindle's e-ink screen undoubtedly makes for a more comfortable reading experience, the iPhone has some advantages of its own--including the fact that millions of people already own one.

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